They could all work across the aisle with Republican colleagues, like Arizona’s John McCain and others, on a regular bipartisan basis. It harkens back to an age of collegiality no longer seen today.

They were all a voice of reason, not like today's generation of socialist Democrats who advocate free college, Medicare for all, a guaranteed job with Uncle Sam as employer of last resort, reparations for descendants of slaves, expanding the Supreme Court from 9 to 15 so it can be "packed" with like-minded people, redistribution of the wealth from the haves to have-nots, and a "Green New Deal" which could cost up to $100 trillion over ten years and could permanently bankrupt America.